Pillar of fire

America in the King years, 1963-65

746 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 1998 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-0-684-80819-2
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OCLC Number:
37909869

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement. In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage. - Publisher.

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Subjects

  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • African Americans -- Civil rights
  • Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • United States -- History -- 1961-1969